[Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal

[C. G. Estabrook]

And we should remember that like McChrystal this maggot was chosen by our
maggot-in-chief.  No one made him do it.

It's pretty silly in these circumstances to pretend we've gained something by 
having "civilians, and not the military ... in charge of our defense and foreign 
policy decisions.'

I'm sorry your Alice has to grow up listening to Alice's Restaurant (again).


On 7/8/10 9:08 PM, E.Wayne Johnson wrote:
> One of my teachers in vet school used to talk about having a trained maggot
> on a leash.
>
> There really might be one day in a thousand that one could use a maggot like
>  this guy. What to do with 'im the other 999 days. I dont think these cats
> sit around quietly and keep it all under their hat like Little Cat Z until
> the time is ripe.
>
> ***
>
> ...And I went up there, I said, "Shrink, I want to kill. I mean, I wanna, I
> wanna kill. Kill. I wanna, I wanna see, I wanna see blood and gore and guts
> and veins in my teeth. Eat dead burnt bodies. I mean kill, Kill, KILL, KILL."
> And I started jumpin up and down yelling, "KILL, KILL," and he started jumpin
> up and down with me and we was both jumping up and down yelling, "KILL,
> KILL." And the sargent came over, pinned a medal on me, sent me down the
> hall, said, "You're our boy." *** ---If you want to end war and stuff you got
> to sing loud.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "C. G. Estabrook" <galliher at illinois.edu>
> To: "Peace-discuss" <peace-discuss at anti-war.net> Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010
> 8:53 AM Subject: [Peace-discuss] They found someone crazier than McChrystal
>
>
> Antiwar.com Blog New CentCom Commander: It’s ‘fun to shoot some people’
> Posted: 08 Jul 2010 11:24 AM PDT
>
> General James Mattis was just nominated to fill the post of CentCom
> commander, has his own history of speaking out to the media.
>
> In 2005, Marine Corps General Mattis spoke of the fun he experienced in
> Afghanistan:
>
> “Actually it’s quite fun to fight them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot,”
> Mattis said, prompting laughter from some military members in the audience.
> “It’s fun to shoot some people. I’ll be right up there with you. I like
> brawling.
>
> “You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years
> because they didn’t wear a veil,” Mattis said. “You know, guys like that
> ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot
> them.”
>
> His boss, Marine Corps commandant General Michael Hagee said Mattis should
> have chosen his words more carefully, but defended him, calling him “one of
> this country’s bravest and most experienced military leaders.”:
>
> “Lt. Gen. Mattis often speaks with a great deal of candor.”
>
> “Throughout our history, Marines have given their lives in the defense of
> this nation and human rights around the globe,” Hagee’s statement read.
> “When necessary, this commitment helps to provide us the fortitude to take
> the lives of those who oppress others or threaten this nation’s security.
> This is not something we relish, yet we accept it as a reality in our
> profession of arms.”
>
> Added Marine Gen. Peter Pace, then-vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
> Staff, “The last three times that that general has been in combat, when he
> was leading Marines in Afghanistan and the two times that he led his division
> in Iraq, his actions and those of his troops clearly show that he understands
> the value of proper leadership and the value of human life.”
>
> This is one more illustration of why civilians, and not the military, need to
> be in charge of our defense and foreign policy decisions.
>
> ###